Self‐Assembled Nanocomposite Organic Polymers with Aluminum and Scandium as Heterogeneous Water‐Compatible Lewis Acid Catalysts |
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Authors: | Dr Hiroyuki Miyamura Arisa Sonoyama Dr Davit Hayrapetyan Prof?Dr Shū Kobayashi |
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Institution: | Department of Chemistry, School of Science, The University of Tokyo, Hongo, Bunkyo‐ku, Tokyo 113‐0033 (Japan) |
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Abstract: | While water‐compatible Lewis acids have great potential as accessible and environmentally benign catalysts for various organic transformations, efficient immobilization of such Lewis acids while keeping high activity and without leaching of metals even under aqueous conditions is a challenging task. Self‐assembled nanocomposite catalysts of organic polymers, carbon black, aluminum reductants, and scandium salts as heterogeneous water‐compatible Lewis acid catalysts are described. These catalysts could be successfully applied to various C? C bond‐forming reactions without leaching of metals. Scanning transmission electron microscopy analyses revealed that the nanocomposite structure of Al and Sc was fabricated in these heterogeneous catalysts. It is noted that Al species, which are usually decomposed rapidly in the presence of water, are stabilized under aqueous conditions. |
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Keywords: | aluminum C C coupling heterogeneous catalysis Lewis acids scandium |
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